US5864202AExpiredUtility

Light source including a fixing component for joining a lamp envelope to an electric light source

Assignee: GEN ELECTRICPriority: Apr 12, 1995Filed: Aug 13, 1996Granted: Jan 26, 1999

Est. expiryApr 12, 2015(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority

Inventors:Erzsebet Cserteg Sandor Lukacs Jozsef Tokes Istvan Wursching Jozsef Fulop

H01J 61/34H01J 61/70

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Abstract

The fixing component has a groove for accepting an adhesive material, which groove is fixed to the housing of the light source and extends along a circle, The essential feature of the invention is that in the wall (8) of the groove (6) being at the side closer to the housing (1a), openings (9) are formed that enable the adhesive material (4) to flow to the surface of the housing (1a).

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       1. A light source including: a lamp envelope;   a housing; and,   a fixing component which joins the lamp envelope to the housing, which fixing component has a groove which accents an adhesive material and receives the lamp envelope, which groove is fixed to the housing and extends along a circle and is bordered by walls at a certain distance from each other characterized in that in the wall (8) of the groove (6) being at a side closer to the housing (1a), openings (9) are formed that enable the adhesive material (4) to flow out of the groove to a surface of the housing (1a), the walls of the groove receiving the lamp envelope therebetween.   
     
     
       2. A light source according to claim 1 characterized in that the openings (9) are formed in the wall (8) with identical lateral distances (I) from each other. 
     
     
       3. A light source according to claim 1 characterized in that the openings (9) are formed as slots starting from a rim of the wall (8) and having width(s) of 1 to 3 mm. 
     
     
       4. A light source according to claim 1 characterized in that said fixing component has resiliently deformable ribs (10) which fix the groove (6) mechanically to the housing (1a) which ribs protrude from the wall (8) closer to the housing (1a) and are snapped into a notch (5) indented into an outside surface of the housing (1a). 
     
     
       5. A light source according to claim 4 characterized in that the ribs (10) have identical lengths (I&#39;) and are spaced at identical lateral distances (I&#34;) from each other. 
     
     
       6. A light source according to claim 4 characterized in that the notch (5) is covered by the openings (9) formed in the wall (8). 
     
     
       7. A light source according to claim 1 characterized in that said fixing component has an annular shape. 
     
     
       8. A light source according to claim 1 characterized in that said fixing component is formed from plastic material as one member, by means of injection molding. 
     
     
       9. The light source of claim 1 wherein the light source is a compact fluorescent lamp.

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